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Show 537 measure the sections, anything of geological interest; where we took photographs or where we grounded, Reeside put down on that map. " Q How just please tell us your progress from Shafer well on down. " A Our experience was just about the same as it was getting to that point; we grounded on the straight stretches, and had no trouble on the bends. " One thing that interested us not a little was the fact that in grounding we always jumped overboard as quickly as possible in order to prevent the boat from settling in the sand. We found if it stayed there a few minutes it would fill. " We had a hard time to get it off. So several times, when the boat struck, Reeside up in the bow just jumped out there and instead of striking sand at a depth of something like this ( indicating). that would ground the boat. [ R. 1319- 1320, he Reeside would go clear above the waist]. Indicating he was on the deep side of a bar, like these sand dunes on the surface; a surface sand dune moves up, the wind pilling the sand over and over and over that way ( indicating); in all probability the sandbar moves the same way; the middle and rear part of the boat would be grounded on the top of the bar; he would happen to jump overboard on the deep side; that happened several times." R 1321. |